On Dec. 19, the project began to fix the pipes under Lenoir Drive. The project was originally set to be completed by Jan. 5, but that section of the construction was extended to Jan. 30.
Chilled Water Systems Manager Douglas Mullen said the project is to replace some aging pipes in the ground that have had several failures recently, and that the time extension was necessary.
“We got an extension in closing Lenoir Drive because there was unknown piping found in the path of where we were laying our pipes so we had to clean up some abandoned utilities,” Mullen said.
Emerson Drive — between Hamilton Hall and the Olde Campus Upper Quad dorms — has been changed to allow two-way traffic so people can still have access to the area.
People with permits to park in these areas have been directed to park in overflow parking areas such as Cobb Deck and the N3 Zone, which is near Bynum Hall.
While parking will soon return to normal, this is only the beginning of several construction projects that will be taking place on campus.
Dana Leeson, associate director of construction management, said there are eight phases to the construction.
“The area they’re doing now is just phase two and then there’s another phase further west of Emerson Drive and it goes in front of the tunnel going down underneath the library and an area in front of Lenoir, the cafeteria,” Leeson said.
